Scythe snath



Sept 8; 1925. I

- J. w. ROBERTSON 1552759 SCYTHE SNATHE Filed May 31 192 Josiah WRobertson Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOSIAH WARREN ROBERTSON, OF ST. PAUL, INDIANA.

SCYTHE s ren-1 Application filed May 31,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSTAH l/VARREN ROB- ERTSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Decatur and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scythe Snathes, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention consists in an improved metal scythe snathe appropriately shaped and provided with fittings adapted to hold a scythe in a secure but at the same time adjustable manner.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved scythe snathe showing a scythe hung thereto, V

Figure 2, a similar view of the lower part thereof on an enlarged scale,

Figure 3, a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4-, a section on line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5, a fragmentary side view.

In the drawings, reference character 10 indicates the scythe snathe which is in the form of a metal bar, preferably of steel,

here shown as flat in cross section and bent over appropriately formed into the stand ard shape of the ordinary wooden snathe, although, of course, it may be of any shape found suitable. Near its lower end, it is provided with two holes spaced a distance apart which holes are adapted to receive bolts 11 and 12.

The scythe 13 is of any approved type, the heel or shank being formed with a perforation through which the bolt 11 extends and said shank has an outwardly proj eeting tang 14 at its extereme point. A clamp member 15 with a perforation near its lower end and a transverse slot near its upper end, located so as to receive the bolts 11 and 12 respectively, is secured to the lower end of the snathe on said bolts with the shank of the scythe between said clamp member and the snathe, the tang 14 engaging a perforation in the clamp member at a point adjacent bolt 12. A brace 17 is secured to the snathe at a point adjacent nib 19, as at 18, by riveting or otherwise and has an eye at its lower end which engages bolt 12 (Fig, 3) underneat clamp me er .15

1924. Serial No. 717,154.

In hanging the scythe on the snathe it is adjusted to secure the desired hang by swinging the same on the bolt'll with the clamp member 15 within the limits permitted by slot 16, and when the desired hang is obtained the parts are rigidly clamped in position by tightening the nut on. bolt 12 and also the nut on bolt 11.

The scythe snathe is provided with the usual nibs 18 and 19 of wood or other appropriate material positioned and secured on bolts which extend through longitudinal perforations in said nibs and through perforations in the snathe to which they are clamped by nuts on said bolts with metal washers interposed between the nuts and ends of the nibs. The snathe is formed so that said nibs may be correctly positioned thereon to bring the parts into the most advantageous relative position for use. In use, the scythe is hung to the snathe, and adjusted, by manipulation of the bolts 11 and 12 and the clamping member 15, as will be readily understood from the foregoing description.

By this construction I obtain a very rigid and durable scythe snathe and one to which the scythe can be attached in a very rigid and secure manner while also providing for adj 11Sting -its hang. modifications of the device will be obvious to those skilled in the art and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification Various changes and but only as indicated in the appended claims.

' Having thus fully described my said in vention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a scythe the combination of a bowed snathe formed of a bar of metal having a brace adjacent one end for holding said bar in bowed position, a plate having a heel with a tang projecting laterally therefrom, said heel having an aperture for pivots carried by said snathe, a clamping element secured on the-lower portion of said snathe and clamping said heel against said snathe, said clamping member having an aperture similar to the aperture in said heel at one end and having an opening adjacent its other end receiving said tang, a common pivot for the clamping member carried by said snathe and extending through the aperture in said heel and clamping element, a slot in said and a fastening element carried by said snathe extending through said slot and through one end of said brace substantially as set forth. I

2. In a scythe, 'the combination of a snathe, a blade having a heel With a laterally proj eeting tang, a clamping member secured on the lower portion of said snathe and clamping said heel against said snathe, said clamping member having an opening receiving said tang, .a common pivot for'the lower ends of said clamping member and extending through said heel, a slot in the upper end of said clamping member, a bolt carried by the snathe andextending through said 15 my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 24th 20 day of ,May, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

JOSIAH W. ROBERTSON. 

